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ferule

/fer-uhl, -ool/US // ˈfɛr əl, -ul //UK // (ˈfɛruːl, -rəl) //

铁锈石,铁锈斑斑,铁锈病,铁锈色

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fer·uled, fer·ul·ing.

    • : to punish with a ferule.

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Examples

  • Perhaps we may think the ferule well deserved when we read of the schoolboy's trick immortalized by Persius.

  • And from the rod or ferule I would have them free, as from the menace of them; for it is both deformed and servile.

  • The master looks at his great silver watch, and then, with tiresome deliberation, puts the ferule into his desk.

  • The machine resembled a green gingham circus tent, and it was crowned with a ferule as large as a barrel.

  • People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current.